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Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Absolutely no NSFL content.
  7. Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
  8. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] nightlily@leminal.space 7 points 3 weeks ago

I get the double whammy of working with almost entirely ESL speakers in English. So not are they almost unaware of common idioms outside what they’ve picked up from American media, they’re even less aware of Kiwi/Aussie slang. I have to be super careful.

[–] Yaky@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

You have witnessed the last 10% of the immigrant experience: idioms and cultural quirks.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 7 points 3 weeks ago

Sometimes you just need to come back to a problem with a clear head.

[–] EvenOdds@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I've had strange looks when I say "crack the shits" or just "crack it". Take it for granted that everyone uses these terms.

[–] mig@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

And what would everyone be using these terms to describe?

Pooping? Being tough on crime? Solving a problem? Bullying delinquent children? Or maybe finishing a difficult piece of work.

[–] flubba86@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The phrase "to crack the shits" means when someone gets pushed over the threshold to become angry. Like "I used all the milk and Dad cracked the shits". Or "None of the students in the class completed their homework so the teacher cracked the shits". Or "everyone's going to crack the shits if we don't get a pay raise this year".

[–] SirSnufflelump@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah. So the same as "flipped their shit."

[–] flubba86@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah that's a good comparison.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm utterly convinced that Australian slang is derived from being a relatively recent prison colony, like it's not comparable to anything other than prison or street slang.

Also for some reason my autocorrect wanted to turn colony into colon loop.

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[–] diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

life on the frontier has its perks

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck me dead I was just trying to nut out.

I feel like I could be Aussie. Especially if I get to call people a cheeky cunt with no repercussions.

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